Caudium — Lewis & Short
Caudium, ii, n.,
I a small but ancient city of Samnium, near Benevento, celebrated for the narrow mountain pass (the Furculae Caudinae) where the Roman army was shut in by the Samnites, Liv. 9, 2, 1 sq.; Cic. Off. 3, 30, 109.—Hence,
II Caudīnus, a, um, adj., of Caudium, Caudine: Furculae Caudinae, the Caudine Forks, now Casale di Forchia (al. Forchia d'Arpaia), Liv. 9, 2, 6; 9, 11, 3; Flor. 1, 16, 9.—The same called Furcae Caudinae, Luc. 2, 137;
and Caudinae Fauces,Sil. 8, 566; Col. 10, 132:
saltus,Liv. 9, 7, 5:
proelium,Cic. Sen. 12, 41:
clades,Liv. 9, 16, 2:
legiones,id. 25, 6, 12:
jugum,Quint. 3, 8, 3:
pax,Liv. 9, 7, 4:
foedus,Flor. 2, 18, 7:
Samnites,Liv. 23, 41, 13.—Subst.: Caudīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Caudium, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.